Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.

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This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to...

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to...

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they...

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they...

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain...

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain...

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and...

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and...

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to...

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to...

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

All children have creative power.

All children have creative power.

I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or...

I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or...

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much...

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much...

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat,...

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat,...

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God...

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God...

God, give me strength to bear my cross, a burden that I gladly bear. Help...

God, give me strength to bear my cross, a burden that I gladly bear. Help...

Two men please God - who serves Him with all his heart because he knows...

Two men please God - who serves Him with all his heart because he knows...

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of...

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of...

He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like...

He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like...

All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do

All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?

We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that...

We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that...

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord...

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...